Hi J r, I've done it with the track pad using the scrubber tool. It's a bit tricky but, if you set a few things up, it's possible.
First, in the Edit window, make sure you've zoomed the window to its largest size. Then make sure the track view is set to at least large. Select the scrubber tool and navigate to the Solo or Mute button for the track. route the pointer to the control. Using the track pad, move the pointer roughly an inch or so to the right and click and hold the button. You can now scrub. It's tricky because if you exceed the right side boundary of the window, Pro Tools will continue scrubbing forward until you back off and then at a certain point it'll scrub backwards, depending on where the pointer is relative to the insertion point. It's easier to understand once you've tried it. It's not terribly useful. I mean, a scrub/shuttle wheel is far more desireable but, hey, it could work for some people in a pinch. best, Slau On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:53 AM, J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a Mac Book Pro with one of the new Magic Pads on it. > Is there a way to use this in place of a scrub wheel? > Is there a way to get a scrub wheel external? > > I recall many years ago with a very old version of Pro Tools you could use > the mouse to scrub. I was able to use this method pretty successfully. > Now with VO it would seem that it might work much better. > > Suggestions gratefully accepted. > > Thanks, > J. R. >
